Character Quote by Christina Stead

I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship…

— Tony Blair

Do you know who Karl Marx is? He is this strange little man, long dead, who lived his narrow little life, and somehow managed…

— Anchee Min

The genius of the Marx Brothers is for parody. They never are themselves. They exist too abundantly to be content with being that -…

— Mark Van Doren

Marx profoundly affected those who did not accept his system. His influence extended to those who least supposed they were subject to it.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The Marx Brothers isn't subtle, and that's hilarious.

— Martin Freeman

When Marx got into a difficult position he would get angry and losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.

— Wilhelm Liebknecht

We totally misunderstand both his aims and his contribution if we try to read into Marx some anticipation of either the modest successes or…

— Allen W. Wood

“Think how much less stupefying the last fifty years might have been if people had actually read Marx.”

— Marilynne Robinson

The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic,…

— Che Guevara

I think a lot of Marx was quite sloppy. There was all sorts of politically aggressive language when he lacked arguments for things.

— Robert Nozick

Had Marx understood the implications of the principles of capitalistic distribution which presented themselves to him as "appearances" only, he might have become a…

— Louis O. Kelso

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has…

— Albert Maltz